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Help save British ladybirds this Fathers' Day
Ladybirds are important in our gardens, feeding on the aphids that attack garden plants. Unfortunately, numbers of British ladybirds are falling due to the invasion of a foreign species, the harlequin ladybird, which has now spread to South Wales. The
28 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Shelduck - 35 + 10 Chicks Avocet - 9 Tufted Duck - 42 Grey Heron - 42 Redshank - 42 Wigeon - 1 Lapwing - 6 Oystercatcher - 6 Canada - 5 Commen Tern - [...]
28 May 2012
Temmincks Stint
One Temminck's Stint remains on site on Sunleys Marsh viewed from Ron Barker hide though distant. Good numbers of Avocet on site with young, other waders include Ringed and Little ringed Plover, L [...]
28 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Drake Garganey on Whooper Pond this morning, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT A stunning looking drake GARGANEY today on the Whooper Pond then it lifted and as I type this is swimming around in [...]
28 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 28th May 2012
2 Shoveler - pair, main lake 1 Redshank - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Whitethroat - singing NE corner Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 Buzzard - flew o [...]
28 May 2012
Today's sighting
Drake Garganey at Slimbridge today. Copyright JSLees WWT At exactly the same time 302 miles away at WWT Caerlaverock, Mike Youdale photographed this. 100 Acre Garganey 2 males Common Cra [...]
28 May 2012
Temminck's Stints still
The 2 Temminck's Stint (poor image below) remain from yesterday, today they are showing from Ron Barker hide with 11 Ringed Plover and 1 Dunlin and by late afternoon the stints were joined by a 3r [...]
27 May 2012
Today's Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 with 6 cygnets Wigeon 2 Gadwall 2 Tufted Duck 1 Folly Pond Black-tailed Godwit 2 Shoveler 3 Flood Ground Wigeon 2 Heron 1 Avenue's Co [...]
27 May 2012
Lesser is more!
Top sighting of the week was a Lesser spotted woodpecker flying over to the willows on wetlands discovery. It is at least two years ago that this species was seen on the site. Little grebes have n [...]
27 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 27th May 2012
2 Shoveler - pair on main lake 1 Hobby - flying high over the main lake with hirundines, 1:45 p.m. 3 Redshank - main lake, wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape and main lake 1 [...]
27 May 2012
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 1 new adult Greenshank 3 Redshank 4 Kingfisher Hide Middle Point Little Gull 1 First summer Greenshank 1 Common Sandpiper 2 Curlew 15 100 [...]
27 May 2012
Cheeky Nene photo!
I cannot help but adore these little buddles of Nene fluff... They are actually some of the wildest Nene in terms of attitude that we have reared in the duckery for many years... They ignore me as a rule, but will beg very loudly when they deem that thei
26 May 2012
Out on the reserve today
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26 May 2012
Whimbrel
Two whimbrel were on Wader Lake at the very end of this afternoon. [...]
26 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: High Avocet - 10 Lapwing - 6 Oystercatcher - 6 Redshank - 1 Common Tern - 60 pairs Tufted duck - 14 Shelduck - 27 Grey Heron - 59 Pied [...]
26 May 2012